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Post by gale w on Apr 30, 2016 16:43:55 GMT
We're having a get-together tomorrow for 2 of our kids' birthdays. My SIL has been babysitting a baby with hand foot & mouth disease this past week. She isn't sure she should come. Does anyone know how contagious this is or the chance of an adult transmitting it to other adults/older kids (my youngest is 17)?
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Post by fwscrapper on Apr 30, 2016 16:49:03 GMT
When my kids had it they were over 1 and around 7. They were the only one that caught it. Even the 5 year old brother was spared. I think she would be fine.
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Post by scrapmaven on Apr 30, 2016 16:55:52 GMT
Does either you or your SIL's pediatrician's office have an advice nurse on the weekend? I really applaud your sil for being so conscientious about this.
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Post by gale w on Apr 30, 2016 17:22:56 GMT
There are no advice lines here and none of the clinics will give out any info over the phone. I think I'll just let her know to be careful as if she had a cold. Not coughing on anyone, etc. My kids really want her to come.
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Post by anxiousmom on Apr 30, 2016 17:42:57 GMT
Isn't this one of those that the contagious time is generally before you even get the diagnosis? It has been a million years since we had it at my house (the older boy was in kindergarten I think) and I have vague recollections of our pediatrician telling me that by the time the physical systems showed, he was no longer contagious-that all happened in the week or so prior.
But I could totally have this wrong, so take my information with a whole salt shaker's worth of grains of salt.
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Post by mlynn on Apr 30, 2016 18:06:54 GMT
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Post by MissBianca on Apr 30, 2016 18:08:54 GMT
She probably shouldn't come. My mom works at a daycare center and it ran through the whole center in about 2 weeks. My mom never got it but she was a carrier, my bother got it from her even though she never showed symptoms.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 30, 2016 19:19:24 GMT
She probably shouldn't come. My mom works at a daycare center and it ran through the whole center in about 2 weeks. My mom never got it but she was a carrier, my bother got it from her even though she never showed symptoms. That's what the Mayo Clinic info says too - as long as the virus is present you can be contagious - and some people may not have any symptoms. I just wouldn't risk it. |
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Post by scrappinmama on Apr 30, 2016 19:27:29 GMT
I work around children. It would be best for her not to attend. Hand, foot and mouth is very contagious. We had it go through my job 2 years in a row, and adults and children went down with it in waves for about 2-3 weeks. It was awful.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 19:29:12 GMT
I was the ChildWatch director at a YMCA and was warned by a mom who was also a pediatric nurse that there had been quite a few cases showing up at her office several years ago. She said that it was really contagious and since we had over a hundred children every day we had to constantly disinfect the room, tables, chairs and toys. Even with all the disinfecting we had 30 or so children who caught it but the nurse said they could catch it anywhere - grocery store carts, siblings who went to school, daycare centers, playschool.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 19:29:32 GMT
My 36 year old co-worker caught it from her 18 month old and was miserable for about a month.
I would advise her not to attend.
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Post by alissa103 on Apr 30, 2016 20:28:30 GMT
I caught it from my niece and it was awful. I couldn't swallow for days and I was in a ton of pain. I also had blistering on my feet. It was gross. Unbeknownst to me, I gave it to DS before I had symptoms and he ended up in the ER bc of a scary fever we couldn't get to go down and lethargy from dehydration.
DO NOT risk it. She's probably carrying it and has no idea. DH had some mild symptoms and if he hadn't known we had it, he said he would have brushed it off as being tired or run down.
edited to add: I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy! I know not everyone gets it as bad as us, but it was AWFUL.
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Post by gale w on Apr 30, 2016 21:01:25 GMT
sounds like I should ask her not to come. If she was exposed but doesn't get it, I wonder how long she could pass on the virus to others.
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Post by elaine on Apr 30, 2016 21:05:37 GMT
There was a new super strain going around here a couple of years ago and both my boys caught it again, along with 75% of the teachers in the school. I didn't get it, but my husband did and had horrible sores in his mouth.
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Post by daisydonna on May 1, 2016 4:04:15 GMT
Super contagious. Don't risk it.
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Post by seaexplore on May 1, 2016 4:07:23 GMT
Highly contagious!
Went thru my DD's preschool. Thankfully we avoided it.
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Post by leslie132 on May 1, 2016 4:19:08 GMT
I would strongly advise asking her to skip the party. Get together with her later.
My family went to a party where the host's kids had it the week before. The Mother never told us so we had no idea. My son, and my neighbors son both caught the virus. It was horrible! Kids were clear if it, but she must not have had her counters/faucets clean. It sucked!
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Post by zookeeper on May 1, 2016 4:22:00 GMT
Hand foot and mouth is very contagious.
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